The Philippine Star
August 16, 2025 | 12:00am
CHENGDU, China – With two days of competitors remaining and solely two sports activities to be performed within the 2025 World Video games, Filipino athletes heading residence can proudly maintain their heads excessive .
For chef de mission Stephen Arapoc, who’s the president of the Muay Thai Affiliation of the Philippines, it’s mission completed.
“The World Video games opened our eyes to what’s forward of us in every sports activities competitors. It could seem onerous, however with all equity I have to say they gave all of it,” stated Arapoc, who was tasked to supervise the marketing campaign of the 48 athletes right here within the 11-day match for non-Olympic disciplines.
With the duathlon combined relay contest rolling off on the Xinglong Lake Hubin Enviornment and powerlifter Regie Ramirez attempting his greatest for a podium end within the males’s outfitted light-weight division on the Hello-Tech Zone Sports activities Centre Gymnasium on Saturday, a lot is anticipated when all the delegation leaves this contemporary and accommodating metropolis with an enormous smile and a good larger hope of success in future occasions.
Supported by the Philippine Olympic Committee, headed by President Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino, and backed by the Philippine Sports activities Fee below chairman Patrick Gregorio, the nationwide staff has two silver and two bronze medals to date.
Kaila Napolis took the primary silver medal in girls’s -52-kilogram ju-jitsu, whereas Chezka Centeno got here so shut at successful the gold if not for a late blunder in girls’s 10-ball ultimate.
Carlos Baylon Jr. delivered bronze within the males’s wushu sanda 56kg class, simply as Aislinn Yap pounced on her Costa Rican opponent Thursday evening to win the bronze in sambo fight 80kg class.